Category Archives: All things Australian

Labor’s law: undermining constitutional democracy

Augusto Zimmermann Flat White Getty Images Augusto Zimmermann 12 September 2023 5:30 AM The Communications Legislation Amendment (Combating Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 was recently introduced by Federal Labor in the Australian Parliament. This law proposal foreshadows the imposition of an obligation on digital platforms to police alleged ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’. The definition of ‘misinformation’ found in thisContinue reading “Labor’s law: undermining constitutional democracy”

Labor’s misinformation bill: an egregious attack on free speech

Gabriël A Moens AM and Augusto Zimmermann Flat White Getty Images Gabriël A Moens AM and Augusto Zimmermann 30 September 2023 5:46 AM The management of Covid by the Australian authorities has shown that the emergence of tyranny, with its suppression of free speech, is never far removed from reality. The horrendous violations of people’sContinue reading “Labor’s misinformation bill: an egregious attack on free speech”

Celebrity Endorsements for the Voice Meant Nothing, But Told Us a Lot

James Macpherson 17 Oct 2023 The day after winning their third NRL Grand Final in a row, Penrith captain Nathan Cleary made a video urging people to vote ‘Yes’ for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In the short video he simply said … “No Voice, no choice. Come on Australia. Vote ‘Yes’” At time theContinue reading “Celebrity Endorsements for the Voice Meant Nothing, But Told Us a Lot”

Sportspeople should know their limitations

Rocco Loiacono Flat White Getty Images Rocco Loiacono 21 October 2022 6:00 AM Clint Eastwood, in the character of Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callaghan, delivered what may well be one of the most underrated lines in film history in the 1973 classic Magnum Force: ‘A man’s got to know his limitations.’ It is sage advice, all tooContinue reading “Sportspeople should know their limitations”

‘That’s Just What Hyenas Do’

Peter Smith Frequent contributor The Voice is one of the defining issues of our age. What was — I hope my tense proves right later tonight — contemplated was the insertion of racial discrimination into Australia’s founding document. You can argue that it’s not race but heritage. Okay, have your way. It’s discrimination between oneContinue reading “‘That’s Just What Hyenas Do’”

Truth-Telling, Botany Bay and Naive Art

Christopher Heathcote Quadrant Online 31st July 2023 In recent decades escalating disapproval has been directed at the discipline of Australian history. The objectivity of many authoritative books is now doubted on racial grounds, detractors alleging the books were written from too “white” a perspective. Calls have been made to remedy this via narrative histories whichContinue reading “Truth-Telling, Botany Bay and Naive Art”

Australia given ‘worst possible score’ for extinction prevention

Michael Dahlstrom ·Environment Editor 7 September 2022·2-min read While it’s well-known that Australia has the worst mammalian extinction record on Earth, environmentalists have worked to evaluate whether the nation’s conservation efforts are improving. According to the report’s authors, the results were “alarming”, but unsurprising. Analysing available data on threatened species, World Wide Fund for Nature-AustraliaContinue reading “Australia given ‘worst possible score’ for extinction prevention”

Drivers to save 15 minutes travel time after endangered species habitat bulldozed

Michael Dahlstrom ·Environment Editor 10 August 2022·3-min read Critically endangered species habitat will be bulldozed to make way for a road, following a Federal Court ruling on Tuesday. Wildlife advocates had appealed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to allow Western Australia Main Roads to clear 71 hectares of the Gelorup Corridor. The court has nowContinue reading “Drivers to save 15 minutes travel time after endangered species habitat bulldozed”

‘Horrific’ find in NSW national park as beloved brumbies shot dead

Michael Dahlstrom ·Environment Editor 12 September 2022·3-min read WARNING — DISTURBING CONTENT: Two NSW photographers were “gobsmacked” after the herd of brumbies they had been documenting were found gunned down on Sunday. Cooma couple Michelle and Ian Brown had regularly shared pictures of the small group of horses to their 72,000 followers on Facebook. ElevenContinue reading “‘Horrific’ find in NSW national park as beloved brumbies shot dead”

The People hellbent on destroying our Iconic horses knows no end

The disinformation being bandied about is mind blowing- they say feral horses destroy the eco-system but in reality the wild horses enhance the environment and they do not hurt any other species Rotting horse carcasses greet long weekend visitors to Kosciuszko National Park 3 October 2023 | Edwina MasonJoin the conversation7 The scene that greetedContinue reading “The People hellbent on destroying our Iconic horses knows no end”

AbCorp loaded with box tickers and backed by UN

Date: October 13, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 2 Comments 500 of the top Aboriginal corporations By Lyndesy Symonds Long after Step One to Makarrata and Treaty is decided by Referendum, our Australian conflict (across a range of issues) with the Aboriginal Corporate and Political Structure (and its Industry) will remain. https://www.oric.gov.au/geographic-spread-top-500-corporations Their Voice and political influenceContinue reading “AbCorp loaded with box tickers and backed by UN”

The Constitution

How George Williams Misrepresents the Constitution Dudley Horscroft I doubt I have seen a greater misrepresentation of the Constitution than the October 9 opinion piece  in The Australian by George Williams, a professor of law at the University of NSW, who writes: Australia’s Constitution was drafted at two conventions in the 1890s. Neither included IndigenousContinue reading “The Constitution”

The niche, elitist research of universities: a waste of money

Brianna McKee Flat White (Getty Images) Brianna McKee 3 October 2023 5:00 AM Each year more than $12 billion disappears into the abyss vaguely described as ‘research and development’ in the higher education sector. By way of return on this ‘investment’, there has been a steady flow of research projects demonstrating an unhealthy fixation onContinue reading “The niche, elitist research of universities: a waste of money”

Aboriginal ‘culture’ today is an invention of the last 50 years

Date: October 6, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 7 Comments By Dr David Barton In 1983, as a naïve youth worker and concerned by what I had been reading since the early 1970s about what was happening with Aborigines in Alice Springs, I moved there to see what I could do to help. All told, I spentContinue reading “Aboriginal ‘culture’ today is an invention of the last 50 years”

Stand together in unity, divisions out the door,

One Mob, One Flag, A canvas full of colour with desert skies so blue, a vivid transformation, an awesome outback view. Brushstrokes of an artist depicted by so few, a land of isolation, Aussie through and through. A golden wattle landscape with dingoes on the plain, kangaroo and emu, so much more to name. EucalyptusContinue reading “Stand together in unity, divisions out the door,”

Aborigines

Living on Stolen Land Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au The garb worn by the radical indigenous politician, Lidia Thorpe, during her protests on Australia Day this year had a much greater impact than she could have hoped. Waving her fake sword in the air and sporting the T-shirt slogan “Sovereignty Never Ceded: Speak the Truth”,Continue reading “Aborigines”